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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Set in big city.
“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue
Start with Neuromancer →
OtherlandSeries
series6 books1996
Set in our world.
“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue
Start with City of Golden Shadow →
Halting StateSeries
series2 books2007
About surveillance.
“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Halting State →
Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
Dystopia, adventurous in tone, about quests.
“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ready Player One →
Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
About identity, set in big city.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue
Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →
The Imperium GameNovel
K. D. Wentworthstandalone novel1994
Science fiction and mystery & detective, tense in tone, about virtual reality and artificial intelligence, set in virtual world and near future.
“Of course the players knew that it was all run by computers - but after years of role-playing, most had put that pesky little detail out of their minds.”
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